Ok...Help you homeschool moms...

[Biblenuggetlady]

My son has to do a 6th grade science project for the science fair and we are under a crunch. He turned in his proposal and it was approved at the start of the year, we put the packet together and did the weekly sheets, etc and NOW the teacher said it is not appropriate for the project and won't accept it. We were going to map the tongue and test the different taste buds and chart the results, using a number of people.

It needs to be fairly easy because he is also high functioning autistic. (You'd think they'd cut him some slack?) Anyway...we need a new project now that we can do and be able to turn in completed on March 10. You can't use any chemicals, fire, bacteria, mold...and your project has to be mounted on a cardbard display that stands up. It will have pictures, graphs, etc. He finished making a volcano in another class with a classmate that was turned in today, so we can't make another volcano. We also cannot buy any "kits", we have to do our own. :doh

Any ideas?? :pray

[NewWorldOrder]

The solar system is pretty simple to do. Go to the craft store, and get different size styrofoam balls for each of the planets in our solar system. Get some craft paint, and paint the balls. Use one large ball for the sun, pain it yellow (of course), and take some long think sticks, either metal rods or wood sticks, and stick one into each of the balls. Make the sticks different lengths. Now, stick the other end of the stick into the ball for the sun. You are making a model of the solar system. You will have the sun, and all the planets orbiting it. Then take a long nail and hammer into a piece of flat wood or heavy cardboard. If you use cardboard, have something on the back to reinforce it. Stick your sun ball onto the long nail, but not too far. Paint the board black, and paint some stars on it. Voila, you have a model of the solar system. It shouldn't take much time to do it.

[CircleSlide]

My son is autistic also (high functioning, along with some other medical dx) he is in the 5th grade, and we are doing science project right now. They are pretty easy on him, he is only in regular class for a few subjects Science, History, PE, and with those classes they have to make special allowances for him.

He is making a simple battery and then also testing flashlight brands to see which one has the longest life and brightest light.

He wanted to do lightening rods in our yard, he is obsessed with weather. I quickly said that the flash lights would work really well! lol

[Biblenuggetlady]

Thank you for the ideas, keep them coming, I need to nail something down this weekend so we can get on it. I am so fed up with school and my health is such I just can't homeschool. I can barely handle the homework situation. :doh If I knew the Lord was returning for sure in the next two years, I'd keep my kids home and we'd just have fun together.

Last night, he had to write a few paragraphs on Global Warming using half of his spelling words, which pretty much were words that would support Global Warming...so I helped him and he turned in the following today: (Actually we emailed in his homework, they had min. day today and I kept him home as he couldn't sleep last night, 3:30 a.m. and he's still yacking my ear off so I had to give him benedryl to help him to go to sleep. He was worried about school and this darned project. He has IBS too, due to school stress.)

Global Warming

Global warming is a belief that the planet is warming and it is a danger to the environment. One of the causes is the use of certain forms of energy consumption. People earnestly believe this is true and are trying to circumvent the problem. People who don’t agree with them are sometimes called names, similar to traitor. They see their cause as worthy and not humorous.
Our planet has always gone through cycles of change, and I am courageous to not believe in this favorite movement of the day.

:heh

NWO...He can't make a model of the universe...it has to include an experiement and then an oral presentation with the display. The battery idea might work though, we have plenty of lanterns, flashlights and batteries. :thinking

[Green Darner]

Zoom has lots of different science experiments to try: http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/

We use it a lot!



P.S. That was a GREAT paragraph on global warming! :thumb I especially liked the "I'm very courageous not to believe in this" part. :heh

[wife]

We are doing a model rocket project. We have one rocket with 3 different engines. We are going to time each launch to see if the bigger engine will keep the rocket up longer.


How sad that they are changing his project so close to the date, when they already approved it

[Biblenuggetlady]

Green Darner, thank's for that link, that is where I had found the Tongue Mapping project, but I couldn't recall the site where I found it. I see a couple other experiments that will work though. Cool...thanks!

wife-good luck with your rocket experiment. We can't use any kits, etc that we buy at the store and can't use fire, so that eliminates a store rocket or lighting the rockets. :(

My other son, when he was in 6th grade we did that project where you light a twisted papertowel and drop it in a 2 liter bottle and then put a peeled hard boiled egg on top and it sucks the egg into the bottle. That was really fun, but it's a no-no now due to "fire". :doh

Thanks everyone!

[topekaclark]

I remember when my son did a science project, the library had many wonderful step by step science project books. We built a volcano and used vinegar and baking soda and red food dye for the eruption.

[hilhill]

I did a science project one year that was different and the teachers liked it. I don't know how much time you have for this project, but...

I went to Walmart and got 4 small little baby plants and I experimented which household liquid would help them to grow the best. I chose.. Water, Soda, Milk, and something else, like Orange juice. I think Soda actually made the plants grow the best and fastest. If you have a few weeks to do it, this might be an idea?

[booklover]

McDonald's happy meal burgers and fries supposedly won't mold or change their appearance--not sure about the bread. You could try leaving them out with the bread seperate, and a homemade burger, fries and roll on a different tray and see what happens. I am going to a nutrition class this week where there will be an exhibit of a year old happy meal. You might need to have it under a glass cover--I think in
"Super size me" they did that.

Dish detergent and food coloring in milk--high fat milk--is a fun project. My son won a prize for that in kindergarten. put several drops of food coloring --different colored drops in different areas--and add a few drops of dish detergent. This demonstrates molecular movement.

Another experiment my daughter did involved red cabbage juice. It acts as an indicator and changes colors when you add acids or bases. It does smell interesting.

Have fun!